8. Buy yourself a whole new library at the 24th annual Park Slope Book Sale, a smorgasbord of tens of thousands of new & used books, most for only a buck or two. (Saturday & Sunday, Park Slope UMC, FREE)

19. Take a much closer look at part of the Arab world at the premiere of documentary A Syrian Love Story, followed by a remote Q&A with the director and some of the film’s subjects. (Sunday, UnionDocs, $10)